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Anime and Pornography brought up in Kidnapping / Murder case

The ongoing trial of David Westerfield, accused of the kidnapping and muder of a 7 year old boy, has touched on the topic of Anime. According to the prosecution, the defendant may have used his computer to access various Pornographic and Hentai websites and that this may be related to crime he is accused of. According to the defense it was in fact Westerfield's son who was interested in Anime. One of the Anime websites mentionned is the non-pornographic Anime.com website.

See these Yahoo! articles for more:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020703/ts_nm/crime_girl_dc_1

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ct/20020704/cr_ct/expert__westerfield_s_porn_might_belong_to_son

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020704/ts_nm/crime_girl_dc_2

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/kgtv/20020703/lo/1246736_1.html.